Forthcoming SQL Azure Services: SQL Azure Data Sync & SQL Azure Reporting Mark Scurrell Lead Program Manager Microsoft

Agenda Windows Azure Platform Overview SQL Azure Data Sync SQL Azure Reporting Roadmap Quick poll 2

Cloud Services INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE PLATFORM AS A SERVICE SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE CUSTOMER & PARTNER APPS Microsoft Online Services

Windows Azure Platform General Purpose Programing Languages Compute Storage Management CDN Windows Azure Platform

SQL AZURE DATA SYNC

SQL Azure Data Sync Scenarios On-Premises Retail Stores SQL Azure Database Sync SQL Azure Data Sync Branch Offices HQ Sync Cloud

Import/Export or Sync? All Data On-Going Migration to/from SQL Server Transfer between SQL Azure servers/databases Publish to cloud Share between on- prem and cloud apps Some SQL Azure scale- out cases Geo-locality of data One-way or two-way BCP SSMS Generate script wizard SQL Server Import & Export Data SSIS SQL Azure Database Copy SQL Azure Migration Wizard DAC DAC Logical Import/Export SQL Azure Data Sync Sync Framework Scenarios Tools One-Off Deltas

Sync On-Premises with the Cloud Publish to Cloud: One-way upload Aggregation / Consolidation: Multiple one-way uploads Share with Cloud: Two-way Share with & via Cloud: Upload and download from multiple locations Branch/retail office Share with Clouds: One or Two-way Same or different data centers

Sync within the Cloud Read scale-out via multiple copies: E.g. reporting E.g. web site reference data Read/write scale-out via multiple copies: E.g. geo-located web applications – data and applications close to users Same or different data centers

DEMO SQL Azure Data Sync

SQL Azure Data Sync Components Windows Azure Service Data E.g. Configuration, Logs & Diagnostics Sync Agent HTTPS User Databases + Change Tracking + Sync meta-data Admin UI User Databases + Change Tracking + Sync meta-data SQL Azure Data Sync Sync Framework SQL Azure Win Azure Blob Win Azure Tables

SQL Azure Data Sync – Behavior & Overhead Sync Provisioning: Change tracking via triggers and side-tables Minimal DML overhead No change to user tables Stored procs and meta-data tables Snapshot isolation enabled for SQL Server database Batching: Data change split into batches for transfer Transactional Consistency: Batches split into transactions to apply PK/FK ordering preserved Transaction boundaries at source not preserved E.g. Could get new Order applied in separate transaction to associated new OrderDetails

Key Features No-Code Sync Configuration Easily define data to be synchronized and locations Choose how often data is synchronized Full Data Synchronization Capabilities Two-way sync of same data, as well as one-way sync Conflict Handling Detect and resolve conflicts caused by the same data being changed in multiple locations Logging and Monitoring Administration capabilities for tracking usage Scale Service scales as resources requirements grow

V1 Planned UI

Planned V1 Features not in CTP2 Improved UI & Windows Azure portal integration Column filtering – allow selection of columns Row filtering – filter specification per table Specify conflict resolution policy Specify sync direction per member pair More robust database schema provisioning Cater for schema updates and/or schema sync Billing

SQL AZURE REPORTING

SQL Azure Reporting V1 Scenarios SQL Azure Reporting SQL Azure Database Windows Azure Application Operational Reports Embedded Reports RDL File BI Developer Studio

SQL Azure Reporting V1 Scenarios Operational reports Report over SQL Azure data using a web browser. Embedded reports Developers use same patterns and tools they use today to embed reports into their Windows or Windows Azure applications in connected mode.

SQL Azure Reporting Value Who: Developers, System Integrators, Consultants and IT Departments Benefits: Elasticity, scalability and reliability of Cloud Computing Accessibility Cost effective: Decrease Capital expenditure and time-to-solution Symmetrical: Design, develop and deploy your BI solutions using the tools and expertise you already have

SQL Azure Reporting V1 Features Author report using Business Intelligence Development Studio Support SQL Azure as report Data Source Rich Data Visualizations: Charts, Maps and Tablix Render to variety of formats (Excel, Word, XML, PDF) URL Access to directly view reports in browser Developer use Report Viewer control to embed a report in application in connected mode SOAP APIs enable developers to build own applications for reporting

Features not in V1 OData, Dallas, on-premises data sources Subscriptions and scheduled delivery of Reports Developer extensibility such as custom data sources, custom assemblies, etc. Native Report Manager experience Users connect to SQL Azure Reporting with their company’s domain credentials SharePoint Integration Creation of report models (SMDL)

DEMO SQL Azure Reporting

V1 Updates User & permission management: Add & remove users who can access reports Assign roles per user per report Performance improvements Billing!

SUMMARY

Roadmap SQL Azure Data Sync Limited CTP2: Now Public CTP3: Summer 2011 V1: Fall 2011 SQL Azure Reporting Services Limited CTP: Now Public CTP: Summer 2011 V1: Fall 2011

References Get further information: Overview information: SQL Azure Forum: SQL Azure Blog: Feature voting: Contact information / CTP access:

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